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| Counter-terror police examine DVD | Counter-terror police examine DVD |
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| Counter-terror experts are examining a DVD available in West Yorkshire which uses images of a young girl and appears to glorify suicide bombings. | Counter-terror experts are examining a DVD available in West Yorkshire which uses images of a young girl and appears to glorify suicide bombings. |
| The disc shows a dramatisation of a girl vowing to follow in the steps of her suicide-bomber mother, set to music featuring children singing in Arabic. | The disc shows a dramatisation of a girl vowing to follow in the steps of her suicide-bomber mother, set to music featuring children singing in Arabic. |
| The disc, which has English subtitles, was passed to West Yorkshire police by the Yorkshire Post newspaper. | The disc, which has English subtitles, was passed to West Yorkshire police by the Yorkshire Post newspaper. |
| Officials said the DVD material was also on an "open source" internet site. | Officials said the DVD material was also on an "open source" internet site. |
| They are investigating whether the DVD contains the same footage available on the YouTube video website. | |
| And the counter terrorism team are working to establish where the DVD was put together. | |
| The Shipley MP Philip Davies who has seen the footage said the material was "utterly unacceptable". | |
| Police review | Police review |
| The first sequence, said to describe martyrs in action, shows a woman playing with her two children before leaving home with explosives hidden in her dress. | The first sequence, said to describe martyrs in action, shows a woman playing with her two children before leaving home with explosives hidden in her dress. |
| She is then approached by uniformed soldiers and the camera pauses on her expression before there is an explosion. | She is then approached by uniformed soldiers and the camera pauses on her expression before there is an explosion. |
| After finding out about the suicide on television, her daughter finds a stick of dynamite in her mother's wardrobe. | After finding out about the suicide on television, her daughter finds a stick of dynamite in her mother's wardrobe. |
| The girl is seen turning to the camera and speaking while subtitles in English show the words: "My love will not be by words. I will follow my mother's steps." | The girl is seen turning to the camera and speaking while subtitles in English show the words: "My love will not be by words. I will follow my mother's steps." |
| The head of Leeds counter terrorism unit (CTU), Det Ch Supt John Parkinson, said: "We can confirm a DVD has been passed to the CTU for further investigation. | The head of Leeds counter terrorism unit (CTU), Det Ch Supt John Parkinson, said: "We can confirm a DVD has been passed to the CTU for further investigation. |
| "The DVD has been initially reviewed and officers are carrying out further inquiries regarding its content to establish whether or not any offences have been committed." | "The DVD has been initially reviewed and officers are carrying out further inquiries regarding its content to establish whether or not any offences have been committed." |
| Three of the suicide bombers who carried out the 7 July bombings came from West Yorkshire - Mohammad Sidique Khan, from Dewsbury, and Hasib Mir Hussain and Shehzad Tanweer, both from Beeston in Leeds. | Three of the suicide bombers who carried out the 7 July bombings came from West Yorkshire - Mohammad Sidique Khan, from Dewsbury, and Hasib Mir Hussain and Shehzad Tanweer, both from Beeston in Leeds. |